Yorktown High School - Grenadier Yearbook (Arlington, VA)

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Can you play the weekend game? Friday Monday Shopping is a nice, leisurely way to spend a weekend afternoon. Right? Wrong? If you're like most of the population shopping can be quite an exasperating experience. Don't let the salespeople at Blooming- dales deflate your ego. Tell them what price range you are interested in and they'll show you to the budget de- partment where you are left to fend for yourself. Once you spot that perfect item nothing can stop you. Clutching your new discov- ery you eye other shoppers with suspicion — they all look as though they are out to get it. But you're safe. With the receipt in the bag, you're on the way home. “Now I have something to wear to school tomorrow. But what pants do I have to match it? Oh, I better go shopping next weekend ... Remember when you were little and used to get up at 7:00 a.m. to watch car- toons? Remember how you hated nap time in nursery school? Just as sleep used to be the enemy, (No mommy, I don't WANT to take a nap!), it has now become one of the fa- vorite pastimes. The weekend is anticipated be- cause, among other things, you can sleep late! Hear the alarm go off, groan as you attempt to get out of bed and then flop back as you realize it's Saturday. But then on Monday the alarm goes off and you have to get up. But wait!! While you were asleep it snowed twelve feet! Switch the radio to a news station and pray to hear those magical words. Fairfax County ... closed (so, what else is new?), Loudon Coun- ty .. . closed, Arlington County ... Closed!!! Aaaah! 28 Weekend

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of every zero, loser, and winner. tall boys: 1) sixteen ounce beer cans that do the job better; 2) all basketball players, espe- cially Eric Beinhart. twelve pack: a night's supply of groceries for someone who plans to get wasted, wasted: tanked, intoxicated, blitzed, zasted, gone, blasted, winner: see loser, yeah, and I do, too: sarcastic re- sponse to tall tale. If someone tells you that you look like E.T., just say yeah, and I do, too! zero: a non-entity incapable of accomplishing anything. Definitions 27

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A favorite way to pass those weekend days is eat- ing. Some of the more popu- lar restaurants, especially for students with a limited income, are those which fea- ture all the food you can eat. Such places tend to bring out the greed in most peo- ple. It's always easy to spot the ones who really intend to eat ALL they possibly can. They heap food onto their plate, assembling it in such a way that it can make the trip back to the table without toppling over, and then are not embarrassed to come back for more. Perhaps you recognize yourself as one of these 'all- you-can-eaters'. It's nothing to be ashamed of. Don't call yourself a glutton — consid- er yourself a budget con- scious individual who is only trying to get the most for their money. A large part of weekend times is devoted to that general area known as en- tertainment. In high school, one of the more common forms of high school fun is the party. It's always amus- ing to watch the 'life of the party-lampshade wearer' who, no matter how little alcohol he has consumed, is just sooo zasted! Another form of weekend entertainment is the video game. If you're successful in this electronic art you can really get a lot for your money by winning free games. Of course, you must be careful lest you catch the dreaded 'video disease'. But there is really nothing for parents to worry about. As our teenage model displays, how much harm can a few video games do? Saturday Weekend ’ 29